From: Ruby Newbee <rubynewbee@...>
Date: 2010-02-04T23:11:48+09:00
Subject: Re: hooking subscript operations in a hash

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@marnen.org> wrote:
> Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
>> RN> Is env['X'] = 'Y' the same as env[]=('X','Y') ?
>> RN> Since you defined a method with def []= so I think env[]=('X','Y')
>> is
>> RN> easier for understanding.
>>
>> First ... I think you meant
>>   env[]={'X', 'Y'}
>> (braces instead of parenthesis)
>
> But you are wrong.  It's just like any other method call:
> object.method(args)
> so
> env.[]=('X', 'Y')
>
> But never do it this way.  env['X'] = 'Y' is far clearer.
>

Thanks. I lost the ".", yes it should be env.[]=(...)
OK I got it that env['X']='Y' is better, thanks again.